The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-01-29
MILAN EXCHANGE
OVER THE STATE.

SCOTS Hotel. Nashville, died last
Sunday.
Stephen S. Pate,au old citizen, died
at Mckenzie last Sunday night,
aged lightweight years.
The Masonic council aud grand
chapter were in session in Nashville
last Monday. The grand lodge met
on Tuesday.
l.. Il. Goodwin is being triel in
Memphis for tue murder Of j. L. Dali
'ou on the 9Th of December. The
trial is exciting much interest, as the
parties belong to good families
A Dresden special to the Nashville
American says that Henry Coffee and
Mrs. Rawls, wife Of Joseph Rawls, a
hotel keeper Of that town, eloped last
Saturday. Coffee is also married.
VIM. T, Hall, son Of Adam K.
Hall, Of GAINESVILLE, died rather sud.
denly in St. Louis last Monday, it is
supposed from the effects Of morphine.
lie had been on spree. We believe
he was u native of Carroll county.
y The average weight of cotton at
Memphis this season is within a frac>
ton of 504 pounds per bale, as per
Cotton Exchange records, against 1873
last year, 1860 in 1885, 1913 in 1884,
5114 in 1883, and 476 in 1882, all at
the same date.
Alamo Sentinel Uncle Shack
Hall, one of the oldest and best citi-
zens of Gadsden, died of cOnsump-
tiOn, Sunday morning He was a
consistent member of the Christian
church, We extend our sympathies
to his bereaved wife and children.
Alamo Sentinel: Two of the oldest
and largest fruit growers of this Sec
ton, Esq. j. W. Williams and D. M.
Brandenburg, informed us that the
peach crop had become so uncertain
that it does not now pay to cultivate
aud care for this once profitable crop.
Maryville FINES: What does a
high license law prohibit? Maryville
bad high license saloon one year.
Did il prohibit men from drinking
Mol Did many boys learn to drink
while it was here ? Yesl Did il
prove 1t drunkenness Mol Did il
make drunkardsY Yes! Did it pre-
vent men from wasting their living
No! Did it make the taxes of the
people less? NJ! Did it make tax
GO moreS Yes! Then what does it
prohibit? 1t prohibits men from be-
ing sober! 1t prohibits men from
Supplying their families with all they
need to make them comfortable! II
prohibits many men from being good
civil, moral and honest citizens
These are some of the things high Ii
cense brings and prohibits.
Much as we value the services anC
revere the memory of the gener
ais who led the Federal armies to bat
tie for the preservation of the Union
we cannot endorse the policy Of pay
ing pensions to their families when nj
pensions are needed. No great Amer
can, whether soldier or civilian, ha
any right tn waste the earnings of 1
lifetime in luxurious living, or if hi
does it aud is worthy of such remem
brance as pension would suggest, W,
have, seen time and time again, as ii
the cases Of Mrs. Logan and Garfield
that II generous and thoughtful publ
are ever ready to supply every thlnl
necessary without having Congres
do that wis y tends to the establish
ment Ola titled, suobbish and sslarie
nOhiity.-NatiOnal Review.
Nashville AmericSn: The Ban
uer's comment on Bates thirty vote
was, in the end of startling Significance
Bate had thirty sticking votes. job
Littleton said "the democratic party
Ahhs gone to the devil for thirty years.
When the committee informed Ba'
of his nomination he nv accident VIII
standing in front Of room No 30 Max
we'll louise. When he started To tn